Britney Spears: I’m used to the spotlight

Britney Spears thinks 'enough already' when it comes to constant rumours about her personal life.
The 29-year-old singer – who released her highly-anticipated album Femme Fatale this week – is considered one of pop’s biggest stars, having enjoyed vast international success. Her personal life has been speculated about ever since she catapulted to fame in her teens, which was only made worse when she suffered a public meltdown at the beginning of 2008.
Britney feels more equipped to being in the spotlight nowadays, but admits feeling swamped by the attention as a youngster.
'I’ve had that all my life, you know. I’ve kind of gotten to a point where I know what’s real and I know what’s not. I have such an amazing family that supports me in everything that I do. We know what’s true and what’s not about rumours and stuff. We brush it off,' she said in an interview with radio station Z100. 'When you’re young and you’re starting out, it can be a little annoying. They say hurtful things and you say to people ‘This isn’t true!’ But then you get to a point when you’re just like, ‘Enough already,’ and you just kind of brush ‘em all off, and everybody laughs at them. When you get to that point, it’s nice – when everyone agrees it’s just nonsense.'
Britney feels better able to look at the bigger picture now and understands interest in her personal life goes hand in hand with being a performer. She now focuses on creating music her fans will love, which always makes her excited.
'I understand it’s a part of what I do now. Actually, it’s still exciting to tour, and I don’t even look at that part anymore. The tours and everything make it so worth what I do,' she said.
The star is looking forward to her upcoming tour, which will promote Femme Fatale. She 'loves' the hectic lifestyle of being on the road, and hopes to continue performing for a long time.
'It’s been a while [since I’ve been this busy.] Things are a little crazy right now. It’s been two years [since I last toured]. It’s pretty crazy. It’s a completely different lifestyle than anything else. I think you get used to it, you just grow to love it. I have been missing it!' she gushed. 'There’s a lot of candy and stuff like that but you have to have a state of mind of eating really healthy. Everyone, all the dancers are really strict on what we eat because we’re dancing really hard. We eat really healthily actually.' © Cover Media